Seizures and epilepsy after intracerebral hemorrhage: an update [PDF]
Seizures are common after intracerebral hemorrhage, occurring in 6 to 15% of the patients, mostly in the first 72 hours. Their incidence reaches 30% when subclinical or non-convulsive seizures are diagnosed by continuous electroencephalogram. Several risk factors for seizures have been described including cortical location of intracerebral hemorrhage ...
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Efficacy of Albis for the Prevention of Gastric Mucosal Injury Concomitant with the Use of Low-Dose Aspirin: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study [PDF]
Background/Aims Long-term use of aspirin can be a risk factor of peptic ulcer diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Albis (Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) for the prevention of gastric mucosal injury caused by aspirin ...
Sang Gyun Kim+5 more
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Abstract Diseases of the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract significantly affect the quality of human life and have a high fatality rate. Accurate diagnosis of GI diseases plays a pivotal role in healthcare systems. However, processing large amounts of medical image data can be challenging for radiologists and other medical professionals, increasing the risk ...
Muhammad Nouman Noor+5 more
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Endoscopic therapy for peptic ulcer hemorrhage: Heater probe and alcohol injection
Loren Laine
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Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) of the duodenum are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Their incidence has significantly increased in the last few years, mainly due to the availability of endoscopic studies. Non‐functioning gastrin‐producing tumors are most frequent and they are usually an incidental finding in clinical practice because of the ...
Lucía de Jorge Huerta+5 more
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Sarcopenia ‘made simple’ and outcomes from emergency laparotomy
CT‐assessed ratio of L3 vertebral body cross‐sectional area to total psoas muscle cross‐sectional area (L3:PM) is a simple yet significant predictor of 30‐, 90‐ and 365‐day mortality in emergency laparotomy patients. This study is the first to describe the association in an Australian population.
Yan Joyce Ming+4 more
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Extensive perianal pyoderma gangrenosum, diagnostic-therapeutic approach to a complicated patient. Case report and literature review [PDF]
Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis with very low incidence and varied clinical presentation associated with different comorbidities. It is also a diagnostic-therapeutic challenge.
Laura Areli Pérez-Campos+3 more
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Diabetic Foot Ulcer Grand Challenge 2022 Summary [PDF]
The Diabetic Foot Ulcer Challenge 2022 focused on the task of diabetic foot ulcer segmentation, based on the work completed in previous DFU challenges. The challenge provided 4000 images of full-view foot ulcer images together with corresponding delineation of ulcer regions.
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Clinical and endoscopic aspects in the evolution of patients with bleeding peptic ulcer: a cohort study [PDF]
Background - Bleeding ulcers are a major problem in public health and represent approximately half of all the cases of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the United States.
Fábio SEGAL+3 more
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
A Elghuel+45 more
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